Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.35% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book 2
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3240 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '24 at 17:11
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8650U 42,414 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 199 66% 120 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 369 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Microsoft(1414 0028) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1339 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 7.1 5% 6.6 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 8.9 6% 7.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZSLW1T0HMLH-000L1 1TB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3L0QCXY7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 530 559 438 409 430 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 692 Write 702 Mixed 388 SusWrite 482 127% 566 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 29.4 107% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 405 290% 378 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 241%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x8GB 17,576 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	68	56	60	15"	1620 1017	LGD0554

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

CPU
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	3,351x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	422x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	194x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	2,800x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	425x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	416x

SSD
MZFLW512HMJP-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 114%, 5,563 samples	974x
MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 105%, 6,615 samples	879x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBABench 97%, 2,238 samples	615x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples	1,803x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	1,012x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	999x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16